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Pretending Quotes (page 19)

A crude way to put the whole thing is that our presence culture is, both develeopmentally and historically, adolescent. And since adolescence is acknowledged to be the single most stressful and frightening period of human development – the stage when adulthood we claim to crave begins to present itself as a real and narrowing system of responsibilities and limitation (taxes, death) and when we yearn inside for a return to the same childish oblivion we pretend to scorn – it’s not difficult to... David Foster Wallace
Ah, Robbie, when we are dead and buried in our porphyry tombs, and the trumpet of the Last Judgement is sounded, I shall turn and whisper to you, 'Robbie, Robbie, let us pretend we do not hear it. Oscar Wilde
Jimmy Buffett quote: "Some people never find it. Some only pretend. But I just want..."
Some people never find it. Some only pretend. But I just want to live. Happily ever after, now and then Jimmy Buffett
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle. Eric Hoffer
The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them. Vernon Howard
Alice Hoffman quote: "but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you..."
...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not. Alice Hoffman
To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely ignorant of history, biology, thermodynamics, morality, and self-preservation. Derrick Jensen
In the morning, when she wishes me to wake, she crouches on my chest, and pats my face with her paw. Or, if I am on my side, she crouches looking into my face. Soft, soft touches of her paw. I open my eyes, say I don't want to wake. I close my eyes. Cat gently pats my eyelids. Cat licks my nose. Cat starts purring, two inches from my face. Cat, then, as I lie pretending to be asleep, delicately bites my nose. I laugh and sit up. At which she bounds off my bed and streaks downstairs... Doris Lessing
Ian Mcewan quote: "Or he was simply pretending—like many drinkers, he liked to..."
Or he was simply pretending—like many drinkers, he liked to think each new day drew a line under the day before. Ian Mcewan
William Joyce quote: "To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time..."
To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. William Joyce
Why had we let it go? Why had we both been condemned...to an exile among dreary strangers who had made us give up all desire for rest, for friendship, for the sound of human voices? Could I now reclaim a single hour spent talking to my brother, Philip, and give it to Ken Daggart? Who made it our duty to accept, as the only reward for our work, the gray torture of pretending love for those who roused nothing but contempt? Ayn Rand
I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes. Marilyn Monroe
Erma Bombeck quote: "A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."
A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. Erma Bombeck
If you think I'm going to let six people risk their lives - !''because it's the first time for all of us,' said Ron.'This is different, pretending to be me -''Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,' said Fred earnestly. 'Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.'Harry did not smile. 'You can't do it if I don't cooperate, you need me to give you some hair.''Well, that's the plan scuppered,' said George. 'Obviously there's no chance at all of us... J. K. Rowling
Jodi Picoult quote: "I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I..."
I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens. Jodi Picoult

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